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Authors
Sensibility
Characteristics
Escapism
Novels and Poetry
100
Name one Fireside Poet
Bryant, Holmes, Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell
100
What did the Romantics value over reason?
Feelings
100
Values the power of
Imagination
100
Which type of novel emerged from Romanticism
Gothic
100
What did American novelists explore?
Unknown Lands
200
Who is the Father of American Literature
Irving
200
Romantics viewed life as they would like it to be rather than
How it really is
200
Seeks beauty of unspoiled
Nature
200
What types of events were in the plot of Escapism
Supernatural
200
What is the name of the first American literary hero?
Natty Bumppo
300
Who is the Father of the American Novel
Cooper
300
Where did the Romantic movement begin?
Germany
300
This is the highest expression of imagination
Poetry
300
What three countries did Escapism have its roots in?
France, Germany, and England
300
Name of Cooper's series of novels
The Leatherstocking Tales
400
Who invented the American Short Story?
Poe
400
What three things were influenced by Romanticism
Literature, Music, and Art
400
Values these three things from the past
Myths, Legends, and folk culture
400
What type of poetry did Romantics use to contemplate the beauty of nature?
Lyrical
400
Give me three characteristics of the American Hero
Youthful, Innocent, Intuitive, One with Nature, Loner, Handsome, Brave, and Moral
500
Who is the Father of American Transcendentalism?
Emerson
500
Romanticism is a reaction against this movement
Rationalism
500
What did Romantics learn from
The past
500
Romantics saw who in the contemplation of natural beauty?
God
500
How were the subject matters of Romantic poetry?
Comfortable and Instructional